Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1b: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Stainless Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding September 2005 August 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 66,688 221,836 73,373 264,997 Ingots And Steel For Castings 680 2,272 1,093 2,577 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,216 21,081 7,424 22,806 Wire Rods 1,849 5,917 3,185 9,177 Structural Shapes Heavy 59 240 166 596 Plates Cut Lengths 3,843 11,516 3,651 14,699 Plates In Coils 3,402 10,074 3,975 13,073 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,753 6,995 1,428 5,882 Bars - Light Shaped 421 1,337 252 935 Bars - Cold Finished 5,828 22,520 7,836 30,161 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,613 50,637 11,659 66,904 Wire Drawn 2,784 11,964 3,319 15,699 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,380 3,187 1,558 2,747 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,884 62,371 24,010 64,165 Strip - Hot Rolled 760 2,492 257 846 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,215 9,234 3,558 14,730 ______________________________________________________________ August 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 74,460 267,393 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,100 2,624 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,588 23,351 Wire Rods 3,196 9,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 157 612 Plates Cut Lengths 3,673 14,896 Plates In Coils 3,977 13,084 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,501 6,049 Bars - Light Shaped 258 970 Bars - Cold Finished 7,853 30,251 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,694 67,281 Wire Drawn 3,352 14,948 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,989 3,413 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,228 64,802 Strip - Hot Rolled 299 883 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,596 14,938 ______________________________________________________________ September 2004 August 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 82,950 229,432 72,518 208,289 Ingots And Steel For Castings 475 913 1,467 2,532 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,772 34,288 7,391 18,067 Wire Rods 3,200 7,382 3,375 7,973 Structural Shapes Heavy 236 855 256 1,042 Plates Cut Lengths 3,073 7,410 2,816 7,298 Plates In Coils 1,110 2,841 2,168 5,811 Bars - Hot Rolled 849 2,545 1,625 5,012 Bars - Light Shaped 837 2,470 1,013 2,935 Bars - Cold Finished 6,087 19,424 5,406 18,371 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,422 40,987 9,735 45,425 Wire Drawn 3,040 11,379 3,026 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,150 2,256 2,311 4,910 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,122 84,202 28,507 65,321 Strip - Hot Rolled 23 54 410 1,025 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,556 12,426 3,009 10,620 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2005 (CB-05-150)